Beyond Iraq and a Hard Place

Summary In the aftermath of the war, all the players are forced to take steps to reposition themselves. George Bush relives the way he made the decision to go to war by appearing on who Wants to be A Trillionaire to raise money to help him give tax cuts, while a little help comes from the audience in the shape of Dick Cheney and the Project for the New American Century. Meanwhile both Saddam and Bin Laden share a drink and look back on their glory days when they were beneficiaries of the CIA and not enemies of the US. View more details

Beyond Iraq and a Hard Place

Directed : Steve Connelly Tristram Shapeero

Written : John Bird Geoff Atkinson Rory Bremner

Stars : John Bird Rory Bremner John Fortune Doña Croll

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Genres : Comedy War

Release date : May 10, 2003

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Vera Productions Ltd.

Summary In the aftermath of the war, all the players are forced to take steps to reposition themselves. George Bush relives the way he made the decision to go to war by appearing on who Wants to be A Trillionaire to raise money to help him give tax cuts, while a little help comes from the audience in the shape of Dick Cheney and the Project for the New American Century. Meanwhile both Saddam and Bin Laden share a drink and look back on their glory days when they were beneficiaries of the CIA and not enemies of the US. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy War

Release date : May 10, 2003

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Vera Productions Ltd.

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Los actores del conflicto

Los actores del conflicto

A trio of actors and theater mimes - made up of two Colombian boys and a young Venezuelan girlfriend of one of them - are commissioned by a supposed theater patron to keep boxes of books for him while his absence from Colombia lasts for three months. Shortly after the patron's trip - the three actors learn that he has been imprisoned in Europe for laundering dollars in addition to other drug trafficking offenses - and that he will be sentenced to several years in prison. The three actors¸ then¸ decide to open the boxes that they have kept for the man¸ assuming they will find dollars or cocaine. But what they find are very sophisticated weapons¸. Harassed by the economic situation¸ they make the crazy decision to pretend that they are guerrillas who want to reinsert themselves and hand over their weapons. To do this¸ they travel to a conflict zone and from there they contact the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace. The only thing they ask in exchange for their "reintegration" ¸ is a safe-conduct to seek asylum in Spain and start a new life there. To achieve this goal¸ the three friends would also solve¸ their old dream of going to venture to the "mother country." Obviously¸ this mischief puts them to face hazardous situations with the actors of the armed conflict in Colombia: the army¸ the paramilitaries¸ the guerrillas and the drug traffickers. As the girl is Venezuelan¸ and the relations between Colombia and that country go through moments of tension due to the supposed "alliances" between President Chavez and the Colombian guerrilla¸ the vicissitudes of the three young men are further aggravated. If this objective was achieved¸ the three friends would solve¸ also¸ their old dream of going to venture to the "mother country". Obviously¸ this mischief puts them to face hazardous situations with the actors of the armed conflict in Colombia: the army¸ the paramilitaries¸ the guerrillas and the drug traffickers. As the girl is Venezuelan¸ and the relations between Colombia and that country go through moments of tension due to the supposed "alliances" between President Chavez and the Colombian guerrilla¸ the adventures of the three young men are further aggravated. To achieve this goal¸ the three friends would also solve¸ their old dream of going to venture to the "mother country." Obviously¸ this mischief puts them to face hazardous situations with the actors of the armed conflict in Colombia: the army¸ the paramilitaries¸ the guerrillas and the drug traffickers. As the girl is Venezuelan¸ and the relations between Colombia and that country go through moments of tension due to the supposed "alliances" between President Chavez and the Colombian guerrilla¸ the vicissitudes of the three young men are further aggravated.

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